Museums

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A police officer in Victorian costume standing in a street with a lamp post beside him and a bicycle leaning on the wall of a Victorian-style shop with large windows

Celebration to mark end of an era at Ironbridge

Museum staff will gather for a parade and speeches ahead of their handover to the National Trust.

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The top part of a red phone box, with the word telephone above the windows. Two rows of panes are fully visible and each row on each side of the box is divided into three sections. A wall and trees are behind the kiosk.

Forgot the red phone box? Museum may ring a bell

The Worcestershire venue includes various examples of a once-familiar object on UK streets.

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An aerial view of Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, a futuristic building which looks like two flying saucers

The most anticipated museum openings of 2026

From a futuristic sci-fi attraction in Los Angeles to a dramatic monument to a millennia-old Aboriginal civilisation, these long-awaited museums are worth travelling for.

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The People’s Palace building, a historic museum made with red bricks, on a sunny day.

Reopening of Glasgow's People's Palace delayed indefinitely

The People's Palace on Glasgow Green shut in April 2024 for refurbishment work costing just under £36m.

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A woman with long grey hair, a blue and white striped top and a red lanyard around her neck is standing in a room in front of a stone wall with concrete-type slabs on the floor.

Curator's pride in 'groundbreaking' museums

Kate Cadman has worked for the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust since 1982.

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The picture shows a large black ship which has been docked. It reads 'SPURN' in white block capitals on the right hand side.

Costs spiral for city's maritime project

The predicted cost is expected to be about £20m more than was initially approved in 2019.

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The front of a museum building. It has a large, brown brick facade with depictions of people and equipment on the front. There are wagons, people making pottery and large kilns on the front. In gold writing beneath it, a sign reads "The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery"

£5m contract signed to transform pottery museum

Preparatory works have been completed and main construction works will begin this month, the city council said.

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V&A displays first YouTube video and watchpage

The original YouTube experience from 2005 has been recreated using internet archives.

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A woman, with grey hair and wearing a pink coat, and leopard print scarf , stood in a doorway beneath a sign saying "Welcome to Topsham Museum"

Museum trustee fears impact of second summer closure

Work was due to be completed in 2025 but further repairs are needed to the historic building.

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